Jeff Norman Explained

Jeff Norman
Nationality:	English
Birth Date:	6 February 1945
Birth Place:	Leigh, Lancashire

George Jeffrey Norman (born 6 February 1945 in Leigh, Lancashire) is a male British long-distance, cross country and fell runner.

Athletics career

He won the Three Peaks Race six times between 1970 and 1975 setting a course record in 1974.^[1] He competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon.^[2]

Norman holds the British 50 km track record, which he set on 7 June 1980 in Timperley with a time of 2:48:06.^[3] He also formerly held the British road record for the same distance, having run a time of 2:53:21 on 23 February 1985 in Douglas, Isle of Man.^{[3] [4]}

He represented England in the marathon, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^{[5] [6]}

Competition record

Representing and
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	26th	Marathon	2:20:04
1978	Freckleton Half Marathon	Freckleton, Lancashire	1st	Half Marathon	1:06:18
1978	Commonwealth Games	Edmonton, Canada	12th	Marathon	2:22:23

External links

• Jeff Norman at Association of Road Running Statisticians
• British Movietone on YouTube: 1972 Three Peaks Race, won by Jeff Norman

Notes and References

1. Web site: Three Peaks Race: Mountain marathon. Yorkshire Post. 14 September 2015. 20 April 2014.
2. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/jeff-norman-1.html . 7 May 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095820/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/jeff-norman-1.html . 18 May 2015 .
3. Web site: UNITED KINGDOM ALL-COMERS RECORDS AND BEST PERFORMANCES. GBR Athletics. 14 September 2015.
4. https://www.fastrunning.com/events-and-races/race-reports/aly-dixon-is-world-50km-champion/26829 Fast Running: Aly Dixon is World 50km Champion & New World Record Holder.
5. Web site: 1978 Athletes. Team England.
6. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.